IX．  补全对话。（有两项多余）（5分）

Girl: Hey, Steve! Over here! ____1____

Boy: Oh, wow! You are Paula, aren’t you?

Girl: ____2___

Boy: But you used to be really quiet, didn't you?

Girl: Yeah. ____3___

Boy: No, you weren't. But you were always friendly.

     Wait a minute! ___4___

Girl: Yes, I did. But now I am more interested in sports. I play soccer      

      and ___5___

Boy: Wow! People sure change.

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　　A man was looking for things of the old times. One day he came to a village and found a blue bowl which looked very 1 . The bowl was on the ground and a cat was drinking milk from ix A farmer, the 2 of the cat, was lying 3 the bowl. The man did not want the farmer to know that he was interested in the 4 ．So he said to him, “What a nice cat you have! Will you 5 it to me?”

　　The farmer asked,“ 6 will you give me for the cat?”

　　“Twenty dollars. Would that be enough?”

　　The farmer thought for a few minutes, then he 7 . After he paid the farmer, the man said, “My cat will certainly feel 8 ．May I take the bowl 9 the cat can drink with it?” But the farmer said, “I'm 10 I can't give you the bowl. Thanks to the bowl, I have sold twenty cats already.”

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1.______ country (countries) had sent their astronauts into space before China.

A．One             B．Two              C．Three            D．Four

2.______ was sent into the space twice among these astronauts.

A．Yang Liwei         B．Fei Junlong        C．Nie Haisheng       D．Jing Haipeng

3.______ walked in the space for the first time in China.

A．Yang Li Wei        B．Zhai Zhigang        C．Liu Boming        D．Liu Yang

4._______ has the same number of astronauts as Shenzhou IX.

A．Shenzhou V        B．Shenzhou VI        C．Shenzhou VII       D．Shenzhou VIII

5.Liu Yang ________ in China.

A．became the first woman astronaut who came into the space

B．is the first astronaut who came into the space

C．walked in the space for the first time

D．connected Shenzhou VIII to Tiangong I successfully

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　　April Fools' Day is a custom of playing jokes and tricks on each other in some European countries and North America on April 1st. It is said to have begun in France in the middle of the 16^th century.

　　Before that time, one calendar was used throughout Europe. Under this calendar, people celebrated April 1st as the beginning of a new year. In 1564, King Charles IX of France declared that each new year was to begin on January lst according to a new calendar. Most people accepted it, but there were some people who didn't like the idea of the change and refused to accept

the New Year's Day on January 1st. Soon people played jokes and tricks on them and called them “April Fools” because they continued to regard April 1st as their New Year's Day. From then on, April Fools' Day came into being.

(1) What do people usually do on April Fools' Day?

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A. Have a great meal.

B. Play jokes and tricks on each other.

C. Celebrate new year.

D. Go out for shopping.

(2) April Fools' Day came into being ________

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A. very naturally

B. because of people's liking of making jokes on others

C. because of the King Charles IX of France

D. because of the change in the calendar

(3) Which statement is true?

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A. People used to celebrate April 1st as the New Year's Day.

B. A King of England declared New Year'

Day should be January 1st

C. All the people accepted the decision.

D. No one accepted the decision.

(4) People play jokes on ________

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A. those who accepted the declaration

B. those who didn't accept the declaration

C. King who declared it

D. those who were fool

(5) Those who are called “April Fools” ________

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A. were foolish

B. were against the January 1st as New Year's Day

C. were played jokes

D. were hated